Images from webservices or servers are not always available in the appropriate size. I figured out a way to resize images without much loss of quality and how to view them by using the orginial url.
CGSize size = CGSizeMake(100, 100); NSString *imageUrl = [@"http://www.myUrl.com/" stringByAppendingString:@"myImage.png"]; NSData *receivedData = [[NSData dataWithContentsOfURL:[NSURL URLWithString:imageUrl]] retain]; preViewImage.image = [utils resizeImage:[[UIImage alloc] initWithData:receivedData] reSize:size];
And now resize the image to a given size.
- (UIImage*)resizeImage:(UIImage*)aImage reSize:(CGSize)newSize; { UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(newSize); [aImage drawInRect:CGRectMake(0,0,newSize.width,newSize.height)]; UIImage* newImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext(); UIGraphicsEndImageContext(); return newImage; }